Chương 2 Luật Thi đua, Khen thưởng 2003: Tổ chức thi đua, danh hiệu và tiêu chuẩn danh hiệu thi đua

Chapter II

ORGANIZATION OF EMULATION, EMULATION TITLES AND CRITERIA THEREOF

Article 15.-

1. Forms of organization of emulation include:

a/ Regular emulation;

b/ Emulation drive;

2. The scope of emulation:

a/ On a nationwide scale;

b/ Within ministries, departments, branches, localities or units.

Article 16.- The contents of organization of emulation movements include:

1. To identify emulation objectives, scope, subjects and contents;

2. To determine emulation criteria, slogans and periods;

3. To determine measures to organize emulation movements;

4. To launch, and direct the implementation of, emulation movements;

5. To organize preliminary and final reviews of emulation and presentation of emulation awards.

Article 17.- Agencies, organizations and units which launch emulation movements shall have the following responsibilities:

1. To organize emulation movements associated with labor, production, study, working or combat;

2. To organize practical activities in order to mobilize and encourage everyone to consciously and enthusiastically emulate in labor, production, study, working, combat, industriousness, thriftiness, creativity, and devote their strengths and intelligence to the cause of national construction and defense;

3. To urge and examine the implementation, to make preliminary and final reviews of the emulation work;

4. To discover, popularize and disseminate typical advanced models for study and wide multiplication;

5. To well implement commendation policies in order to mobilize everyone to actively emulate in labor, production, study, working or combat.

Article 18.-

1. The State President or the Prime Minister shall launch and direct emulation movements on a national scale.

2. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies; leaders of departments, branches, agencies and organizations at the central level shall launch and direct emulation movements within the branches and domains under their respective charge.

3. The presidents of People's Committees at all levels shall launch and direct emulation movements within their respective localities.

4. Leaders of agencies, organizations or units shall launch and direct emulation movements within their respective agencies, organizations or units. .

Article 19.- Agencies in charge of the emulation and commendation work shall have the following responsibilities:

1. To give advice on, and propose undertakings in, the emulation work;

2. To formulate emulation programs, plans and contents;

3. To guide the organization of emulation and examine the implementation;

4. To give advice on the preliminary and final reviews of, propose commendation and make recommendations on renewing the emulation and commendation work.

Article 20.-

1. Emulation titles for individuals include:

a/ "National Emulation Fighter";

b/ Emulation Fighter of the ministerial-, branch-, provincial- or central mass organization-level;

c/ "Grassroots-Level Emulation Fighter";

d/ "Advanced Laborer," "Advanced Fighter".

2. Emulation titles for collectives include:

a/ The "Government's Emulation Flag";

b/ Emulation Flag of the ministerial-, branch-, provincial or central mass organization-level;

c/ "Excellent Labor Collective," "Determined-To-Win Unit";

d/ "Advanced Labor Collective", "Advanced Unit";

e/ The emulation title for villages, hamlets, street quarter groups and the equivalent is the Cultured Village, Hamlet or Street Quarter Group.

3. The emulation title for households is the "Cultured Family."

4. Emulation titles shall be considered and conferred annually or for each drive.

Article 21.- The "National Emulation Fighter" title shall be considered and conferred on individuals who have recorded typical outstanding achievements among those individuals who have won the title of Emulation Fighter of the ministerial-, branch-, provincial- or central mass organization-level for two consecutive times.

Article 22.- The title of Emulation Fighter of the ministerial-, branch-, provincial- or central mass organization-level shall be considered and conferred on individuals who have recorded typical outstanding achievements among those individuals who have won the "Grassroots-Level Emulation Fighter" title for three consecutive times.

Article 23.- The "Grassroots-Level Emulation Fighter" title shall be considered and conferred on individuals who satisfy the following criteria:

1. Having satisfied the criteria of the "Advanced Laborer" or "Advanced Fighter" title;

2. Having had initiatives, technical modifications or applied new technologies to increase labor productivity.

Article 24.-

1. The "Advanced Laborer" title shall be considered and conferred on officials, public employees, workers or public servants who satisfy the following criteria:

a/ Having well fulfilled their assigned tasks, achieving high productivity and quality;

b/ Having well observed undertakings and policies of the Party, laws of the State, showing a spirit of self-reliance and self-strengthening, unity and mutual assistance, having actively participated in emulation movements;

c/ Having actively studied political, cultural and professional knowledge;

d/ Possessing good ethics and a healthy lifestyle.

2. Officers, non-commissioned officers, professional armymen, defense workers and soldiers of the People's Army; officers, professional non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the People's Police who satisfy the criteria prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article shall be considered and conferred the "Advanced Fighter" title.

3. Laborers who do not fall into the subjects prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2 of this Article but have been exemplary in observing undertakings, policies and laws of the State, possess good ethics and a healthy lifestyle, a spirit of unity and mutual assistance, have actively participated in production emulation movements, social activities and achieved high labor productivity shall be considered and conferred the "Advanced Laborer" title.

Article 25.- The "Government's Emulation Flag" shall be considered and conferred on collectives that satisfy the following criteria:

1. Having recorded achievements, over-fulfilled emulation norms and their assigned tasks in the year; being typical outstanding collectives in the whole country;

2. Having new typical factors and/or new typical models for the whole country to follow;

3. Having preserved internal unity, taken the lead in practicing thrift, combating wastefulness, corruption and other social evils.

Article 26.- The Emulation Flag of the ministerial-, branch-, provincial- or central mass organization-level shall be considered and conferred on collectives under ministries, branches, ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies, central mass organizations, provinces or centrally run cities, which satisfy the following criteria:

1. Having over-fulfilled emulation norms and their assigned tasks in the year, are typical outstanding collectives of ministries, branches, provinces or central mass organizations;

2. Having new factors and/or new models for other collectives of ministries, branches, ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies, central mass organizations, provinces or centrally-run cities to follow;

3. Having preserved internal unity, actively practiced thrift, combated wastefulness, corruption and other social evils.

Article 27.-

1. The "Excellent Labor Collective" title shall be considered and conferred on collectives which satisfy the following criteria:

a/ Having been creative, having overcome difficulties and excellently fulfilled their tasks, well performed their obligations toward the State;

b/ Having regular, practical and effective emulation movements;

c/ With 100% of their individual members having fulfilled their assigned tasks, at least 70% of whom winning the "Advanced Laborer" title;

d/ Having at least one individual winning the "Grassroots-Level Emulation Fighter" title and no individual being disciplined in the form of caution or a heavier form;

e/ Having preserved internal unity, been exemplary in observing undertakings and policies of the Party and laws of the State.

2. Collectives of the people's armed forces which satisfy the criteria prescribed at Points a, b, d and e, Clause 1 of this Article, and 100% of their individual members having fulfilled their assigned tasks, at least 70% of whom winning the "Advanced Fighter" title, shall be considered and conferred the "Determined-To-Win Unit" title.

Article 28.-

1. The "Advanced Labor Collective" title shall be considered and conferred on collectives which satisfy the following criteria:

a/ Having well fulfilled their assigned tasks and plans;

b/ Having regular, practical and effective emulation movements;

c/ With more than 50% of their individual members having won the "Advanced Laborer" title and none of their individual members having been disciplined in the form of caution or a heavier form;

d/ Having preserved internal unity, well observed undertakings and policies of the Party and laws of the State.

2. Collectives of the people's armed forces which satisfy the criteria prescribed at Points a, b and d, Clause 1 of this Article, and more than 50% of their individual members have won the "Advanced Fighter" title, shall be considered and conferred the "Advanced Unit" title.

Article 29.- The "Cultured Family" title in communes, wards and townships shall be considered and conferred on households which satisfy the following criteria:

1. Having been exemplary in observing undertakings and policies of the Party, laws of the State, actively participated in emulation movements in the localities where they reside;

2. Their families are harmonious, happy and progressive; support and help other people in the community;

3. Having organized labor, production, business, work and study with good productivity, quality and efficiency.

Article 30.- The title of Cultured Village, Hamlet or Street Quarter Group shall be considered and conferred on villages, hamlets, street quarter groups and the equivalent, which satisfy the following criteria:

1. Economic life is stable and step by step improves;

2. Cultural and spiritual life is healthy and diversified;

3. The environment and landscape is clean and beautiful;

4. Having well observed undertakings and policies of the Party and laws of the State;

5. Having a spirit of unity, mutual support and assistance in the community.

Article 31.-

1. The emulation titles and criteria thereof of political organizations, socio-political organizations and social organizations shall be prescribed by the central agencies of these organizations and registered with the central agencies performing the State management over emulation and commendation.

2. The emulation titles and criteria thereof for students and collectives of students in schools or other education establishments of the national education system shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training.